高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年7月6日星期五

Pictures Arond the World 2012 Jul06




Valletta, Malta: An immigrant waves from a police bus after the army rescued 84 Somali immigrants when their rubber dinghy started taking on water en route to Europe from Africa

Colorado, US: Kate Stefani tries to salvage anything she can from her home in the Mountain Shadows after her home was destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire, which has burned about 28 square miles and damaged or destroyed almost 350 homes

London, England: The Shard is illuminated against the night sky during the formal inauguration of the building with an accompanying laser show. The Shard is Europe's tallest building, standing 310 metres tall

Pamplona, Spain: Members of the pro-animal group Peta stage a protest against bullfighting with their bodies covered in paint in front of the Town Hall ahead of the San Fermin running of the bulls festival

Rouen, France: A young fan sits on an exercise bike on the roof of a Volkswagen campervan as she waits for riders during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycle race starting in Rouen and finishing in Saint-Quentin

Mumbai, India: A boy plays on a giant trampoline at a mall

Wuhan, China: Vendors rest in front of trucks stacked with watermelons as they wait for customers at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market

Islamabad, Pakistan: An Afghan refugee boy stands in a slum for displaced people

New Delhi, India: Exiled Tibetan children stand in the corridor of a school as they wait to attend a function to mark the 77th birthday of the Dalai Lama

Guwahati, India: Evening in the Budha Budhi village where floodwater has started receding after heavy rain washed away crops, submerged paddy fields and drowned livestock besides taking human lives throughout Assam state

Tel Aviv, Israel: A child plays in a fountain as temperatures in the city continue to rise

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Members of human rights organisations hold signs outside court reading: 'Give the children back'. They were watching the televised sentencing of two former dictators for their involvement in the kidnapping of babies from leftist activists

Silverstone, UK: Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland at Paddock Day ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix

Kabul, Afghanistan: A boy jumps from a ruined vehicle